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Technical Research Areas

Autonomous Systems and Robotics
Development of technologies required for systems that can adapt their behavior to complex, rapidly changing environments
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Collaborative & Assistant Systems
Information technologies and collaboration tools that facilitate the specialized work of distributed teams in NASA mission settings
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Discovery and Systems Health
Tools and methods for systems health management; large-scale science and aeronautical data analysis and data mining
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Robust Software Engineering
Increased software quality, reliability, and productivity through research done in the context of NASA applications
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Highlights

ISS Flight Control Room
XSearch System Successfully Deployed Into MCC Operations
The second and final phase of XSearch deployment was completed successfully on July 22, 2008 when the system went live as part of the International Space Station (ISS) Mission Control ...
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Gap Fire
NASA Imaging Tools Provide Firefighting Support
NASA flew unmanned aircraft equipped with a thermal-infrared imaging system over much of California last week, gathering information that helped fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state. The ...
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DASHlink Goes Live
DASHlink, a collaborative website for Discovery in Aeronautics Systems Health, went public on June 6, 2008. DASHlink is a virtual laboratory for scientists and engineers to disseminate results and collaborate ...
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OCA MPSR
OCAMS System Deployed in Mission Control at JSC
After a successful two-week operations testing phase in Johnson Space Center’s International Space Station (ISS) Mission Control, the Orbital Communications Adapter Monitoring System (OCAMS) began “live” operations on July 8, ...
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Phoenix Lander
Ensemble Planning Tool Used By Phoenix Science Team
Following the successful landing of the Phoenix spacecraft on Mars on May 25, the Phoenix Science Team began using Ensemble’s Planning and Scheduling Interface (PSI) to plan Phoenix operations on ...
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Featured Projects

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Events

DX-08
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
Date: 09-22-08

PHM'08
Location: Denver, CO
Date: 10-06-08

HVC ’08
Location: Haifa, Israel
Date: 10-27-08 to 10-30-08

2008 AGU Fall Meeting
Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: 12-15-08 to 12-19-08

IEEE Aerospace 2009
Location: Big Sky, Montana
Date: 03-07-09 to 03-14-09

ETAPS 2009
Location: York, England
Date: 03-22-09 to 03-29-09

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News

Division Researcher Listed in Who’s Who in America
Dr. Sorin Dusan has been invited and his biography has ...
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Presentations at International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling
Jeremy Frank presented three papers at the 2008 International Conference ...
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Presentations at AIAA Space Conference
Jeremy Frank presented two posters at the 2008 AIAA Space ...
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Solar Array Constraint Engine Demonstrations
Jeremy Frank demonstrated the Solar Array Constraints Engine (SACE) software ...
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Mobile Agents Used by Geologists in Volcanic Setting
The Mobile Agents team supported a series of simulated lunar ...
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Prognostics Posters at Data Mining Conference
Researchers from the Prognostics Center of Excellence will present three ...
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High School Students Visit Ames
Seventeen students from the “I Have a Dream” Foundation - ...
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Error-Detecting Analyzer for Orion Software Models in Development
The Robust Software Engineering area of the Intelligent Systems Division ...
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Ames Participation in Orion Software Development
Ames researchers Tom Pressburger and Andy Goforth are providing expertise ...
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Planetary Data System Redesign
The redesign of the primary web site of the Planetary ...
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Intelligent Flight Controller Approved for Testing
The new Intelligent Flight Controller (IFC) Gen 2a/2b was cleared ...
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Parametric Analysis Paper and Tool Presentation at ASE 2008
A peer-reviewed paper on “Tool Support for Parametric Analysis of ...
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Verification and Validation of Neuro-Adaptive Aircraft Control Systems
Dr. Johann Schumann will be an invited plenary speaker at ...
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Intelligent Systems for Modeling and Control Workshop
Dr. Johann Schumann of the Robust Software Engineering group is ...
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Java PathFinder Workshop Held
This year’s annual Java PathFinder (JPF) workshop was held May ...
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STAR Team Implements New Automated Build Capability
The Ames Scheduling, Training Administration, and Records (STAR) development team ...
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PLEXIL and Universal Executive Software Released Open Source
The Plan Execution Interchange Language (PLEXIL) and the Universal Executive ...
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Human Spaceflight Planning Technical Interchange Meeting
Representatives from the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Mission Operations Directorate ...
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2008 Moses Lake Sand Dunes Field Test
From June 1-14, 2008, the Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) will ...
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Test Simulation System Paper to Be Published
“An Agile Accelerated Aging, Characterization and Scenario Simulation System for ...
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Prognostics Performance Metrics Paper Accepted
“Metrics for Evaluating Performance of Prognostic Techniques,” by Abhinav Saxena, ...
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ARES I-X Ground Diagnostic Tool Technical Reviews
Two successful technical reviews were held at Kennedy Space Center ...
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OCAMS System Deployed in Mission Control at JSC
After a successful two-week operations testing phase in Johnson Space ...
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Ensemble Planning Tool Used By Phoenix Science Team
Following the successful landing of the Phoenix spacecraft on Mars ...
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DASHlink Goes Live
DASHlink, a collaborative website for Discovery in Aeronautics Systems Health, ...
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NASA Imaging Tools Provide Firefighting Support
NASA flew unmanned aircraft equipped with a thermal-infrared imaging system ...
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XSearch System Successfully Deployed Into MCC Operations
The second and final phase of XSearch deployment was completed ...
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